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Artist/Creator (1)	Shing-u, Susumu (born 1937)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	Japanese
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	Gift of the Wind
Larger Work/Entity	Art on the Line
Date of Work	1984
Description of View	General view
Notes	Sponsor/Developer: Metro Boston Transportation Authority (MBTA). Project Location: Porter Square Station, Red Line MBTA, Cambridge, MA. Project Description: This large scale artwork consists of three wind vanes, shaped like semi-circular scoops, which are connected to a central tower. The wind vanes spin when the wind blows. Suspended from each wind vane is a small pyramid object which points toward the ground. The wind vanes are painted red and the tower is black. [Note that the tower is white in this image.] Project History: Between 1979 and 1985, the Cambridge Arts Council and the United States Department of Transportation cooperated on a program to fund permanent artworks in the new Red Line Northwest Extension project. This federally-funded program became known as 'Art on the Line', and is the first program in the country to incorporate works of art into a mass transit development program. It has since become a model for other cities throughout the country which are developing mass transit programs. The Cambridge Arts Council developed a selection process which involved the creation of committees for each station. 650 artists submitted slides. Lengthy discussions involving community representatives, art experts and safety and maintenance engineers resulted in the final selection of artists and projects. The estimated value of the entire artwork collection is $1.5 million.
Technique/Process	sculpture
Materials/Medium	steel, aluminum, paint
Dimensions	Ht.: 46 ft.
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Location.Current Repository	Porter Square MBTA Station
Related Persons	Artist/Creator also appears as Susumu Shingu and Susumu, Shing
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 20th Century Public art Outdoor sculpture Towers (single built works) Wind (weather-related phenomena)
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	New Directions in Public Art: Part I
Set/Project Author(s)	ART on FILE, 2000
Reference Number	Art on File PAI-15(1)-1
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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